Boot and shoe varnishing machine.



No. 826,235,. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.'

E. G. ERIGSON.

BOOT AND SHOE VARNISHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'7, 1906.

Application filed March 9, 1906- Serial NO- 305.1131

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERIC G. ERIOSON, a sub j ect of the King of Sweden, residing at Naugatuck, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Varnishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In the art of manufacturing rubber boots and *shoes the varnish is applied by hand, thus making the product more expensive than it would be if a number could be varnished at one and the same time, and there is also a liability of not giving the boot or shoe an even and uniform coat. It is to overcome these objections that I have provided a machine whereby a number of boots or shoes may be varnished at one and the same time and given an even and uniform coat.

With this end in view my invention consists in certain component and cooperative parts and in the novel manner of combination and arrangement of said parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, which are intended to accord in terms, spirit, and meaning with the prior state of the art and the existing law.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan'view. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 1 represents a rectangular frame braced and strengthened by parallel side pieces 2 and J ournaled upon this frame are four transverse shafts 4, 5, 6, and 7. The shafts 4 and 7 are each provided upon their respective ends with large cog-wheels 8 and 9, and the shafts 5 and 6 are each provided upon their respective ends with small cogwheels 10 and 11, the cog-wheels 10 and 11 meshing with each other and respectively with the adjacent large cog-wheels 8 and 9. One of the shafts (shaft 5) is provided with a I hand-crank 12, the object of which will hereinafter appear.

Mounted upon the ends of the frame in slots 13 are corresponding and oppositely-disposed sliding rack-bars 14 in mesh with the cog-wheels 8 and 9. These rack-bars sup port a pan or tank 15, provided with a draincock 16, and is adapted to be filled with varnish and benzin supplied from the supplytanks 17, mounted upon the ends of the frame.

J ournaled upon the ends of the frame is a with a hand-crank 19 and having its main shown at 20, the object of which will be hereinafter explained. Mounted upon this shaft are two similar sleeves 21 and 22, one of which is provided with a socket 23 and the other with a slot 24, adapted to receive the respective ends of a bar25, which is provided with a series of pins 26 for the reception of the lasts 27, upon which the boot or shoe is placed, the boot or shoe being held in position by rod 28, having a series of small pins 29, which engage the soles and heels. This rod 28 has its respective ends bent at right angles, as shown at 30, and is provided with spring-catches 31, adapted to enga e the notches 32 in the sleeve 33, mounte upon the shaft 18, which shaft, owing to the fact that it is bent ofi center and enlarged, maintains the boots or shoes in the position shown in Fig. 1 until the crank-handle 19 is reversed in order to dip them in the varnish.

Rubber boots and shoes come from the maker in one department to the varnishingdepartment upon cross-bars 25. This bar is placed in the machine with its respective ends in the socket 23 and slot 24. The rod 28 is then put in place, and by turning the crank 19 the boots or shoes are turned into the tank, which contains a mixture of varnish and benzin supplied thereto by the small tanks 17. The tank 15 is then raisedto the desired height by turning the crank 12. One dip in the tank then turned back in order to lower the tank, and the bar upon which the shoes or boots are supported is removed and another put in its place, and so on.

Having thus described the various features of my invention, what I claim as new, and

desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the character described, a shaft, a crank handle upon said shaft, sleeves mounted upon the respective ends of the shaft, a socket in one sleeve and a slot in the other, a bar having its ends fitting into said socket and sleeve, a series of pins upon said bar, a rod adjustable over the bar, a series of small pins arranged upon said bar, a

completes the varnishing, and the crank 12 is longitudinal shaft 18, provided upon one end portion enlarged and bent off of center, as

tank beneath the shaft, a train of earing for raising or lowering said tank, su stantially as specified.

2. In a machine of the character described, a frame, a shaft mounted longitudinally upon said frame, a crank-handle upon said shaft, sleeves carried by the shaft, a removable bar supported by the sleeves, a series of pins arranged upon said bar, a rod adjustable over the bar, means for locking the rod in position, a tank mounted beneath the shaft, a train of gearing for raising and lowering said tank, substantially as specified.

3. In a machine of the character described, a shaft mounted longitudinally upon the frame, a portion of the shaft being enlarged and bent off center, "a crank-handle upon the shaft, sleeves carried by the shaft, a socket in one sleeve and a slot in the other, a remov able bar having its respective ends in said socket and slot, a series of pins upon said bar, a removable rod, means for supporting said rod above the bar, a series of small pins upon said rod, a tank beneath the shaft, means for raising and lowering the tank, substantially as specified.

4. In a machine of the character described, a shaft mounted longitudinally upon the frame, a portion of the shaft being enlarged and bent off center, a crank-handle upon one end of the shaft, sleeves upon the shaft, a removable bar supported by the sleeves, a series of pins upon said bar, a rod adjustably mounted above said bar, a series of pins upon said rod, means for locking the rod in position, tanks mounted upon each end of the frame, sliding raelvbars mounted upon the frame, a tank supported by said rack=bars, cog-wheels enga'i g said rack-bars,- a crank and pinions for rivin' said cog-wheels, substantially as specified.

ERIC G. ERICSON.

Witnessesi v WILLIAM J. NEARY, C. STRANDAHL. 

